Thome homers as White Sox down Mariners

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05/10/2008 - Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jose Contreras hurled seven innings of one- run ball and Jim Thome slugged a home run, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the struggling Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.

Contreras (3-3) held the Mariners to six hits, issuing two walks and striking out four.

Thome also walked and scored twice, and Paul Konerko had two hits and two runs batted in for Chicago. The White Sox have won three of their last four after losing six straight.

Carlos Silva (3-2) gave up all four of Chicago's runs on eight hits through seven frames, with two walks and a strikeout.

Ichiro Suzuki had a hit, stolen base and a run scored while Wladimir Balentien added his third home run of the season for Seattle, losers of its last four and 9-of-10 overall.

Earlier in the day, Mariners first baseman Richie Sexson was suspended six games and fined an undisclosed amount for his violent and aggressive actions in the fourth inning of Thursday's game against the Rangers. With two outs in the inning, Rangers pitcher Kason Gabbard came up and in with a fastball that caused Sexson to charge the mound and throw his helmet at the Texas hurler. Sexson, who elected to appeal the suspension, went 0-for-4 Friday.

Both teams opened the scoring in the third. Singles from Juan Uribe and Carlos Quentin followed by a walk from Thome to load the bases. Konerko stroked a ground-rule double to right for a 2-0 margin. Jermaine Dye added a sacrifice fly.

Suzuki singled with one out for Seattle, stole second, moved to third on a groundout by Jose Lopez and scored on a wild pitch to get one back. The run snapped a 24-inning scoreless streak dating back four games to the fifth inning of a 10-1 loss to Texas on Tuesday.

Chicago added another run in the seventh courtesy of a Thome homer to right, his seventh of the year.

Balentien added a home run in the ninth off Chicago's Bobby Jenks, but it wasn't enough as Jenks picked up his seventh save of the year.

Game Notes

Chicago started a 10-game road trip with this being the first of three at Safeco Field...Seattle owns the American League's worst record at 14-22 going into the game... Seattle dominated the White Sox a year ago, winning seven of the eight matchups and taking the final five meetings between the squads...Chicago lost all five of its games at Safeco Field last season and are 2-8 over their last ten visits to the Emerald City...Thome hit his 514th career home run.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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